Dr. Ethan Kross

So we actually, it's called the Big House, actually the largest football stadium in the country. So close to 110,000. Whoa. That's a lot of people. It's a lot of people. And we sing in unison. And it's actually, I never really was into football before moving to Ann Arbor. And now I embrace it. It helps when you're the national championships, which we were champions, which we were last year.

Congratulations. We're working on it this year.

Congratulations. We're working on it this year.

Congratulations. We're working on it this year.

We should definitely have you out there. It is a load of fun.

We should definitely have you out there. It is a load of fun.

We should definitely have you out there. It is a load of fun.

Yeah. So emotional contagion is a very powerful phenomenon. Emotions can spread within seconds. They tend to... We tend to catch emotions more quickly when we're not sure of how we should be thinking or feeling in a particular situation. So we often are referencing other people in those instances as a source of information. The people around us, of course, are different.

Yeah. So emotional contagion is a very powerful phenomenon. Emotions can spread within seconds. They tend to... We tend to catch emotions more quickly when we're not sure of how we should be thinking or feeling in a particular situation. So we often are referencing other people in those instances as a source of information. The people around us, of course, are different.

Yeah. So emotional contagion is a very powerful phenomenon. Emotions can spread within seconds. They tend to... We tend to catch emotions more quickly when we're not sure of how we should be thinking or feeling in a particular situation. So we often are referencing other people in those instances as a source of information. The people around us, of course, are different.

a rich source of information. This is also why we compare ourselves to other people so frequently, right? We're trying to learn something about how to respond. And we know it can have these cascading effects, both in everyday life, in both the positive and the negative direction. But also, you know, in the digital world, we see these emotions that can spread really fast too.

a rich source of information. This is also why we compare ourselves to other people so frequently, right? We're trying to learn something about how to respond. And we know it can have these cascading effects, both in everyday life, in both the positive and the negative direction. But also, you know, in the digital world, we see these emotions that can spread really fast too.

a rich source of information. This is also why we compare ourselves to other people so frequently, right? We're trying to learn something about how to respond. And we know it can have these cascading effects, both in everyday life, in both the positive and the negative direction. But also, you know, in the digital world, we see these emotions that can spread really fast too.

So it's a very powerful phenomenon. It's one I'm often very attentive to when I come into the classroom, like you're trying to... You tend to not want to have a negative mood spread through an audience when you are teaching to them. And so you're sensitive to that kind of certain kinds of displays or tones that might convey that kind of emotional response.

So it's a very powerful phenomenon. It's one I'm often very attentive to when I come into the classroom, like you're trying to... You tend to not want to have a negative mood spread through an audience when you are teaching to them. And so you're sensitive to that kind of certain kinds of displays or tones that might convey that kind of emotional response.

So it's a very powerful phenomenon. It's one I'm often very attentive to when I come into the classroom, like you're trying to... You tend to not want to have a negative mood spread through an audience when you are teaching to them. And so you're sensitive to that kind of certain kinds of displays or tones that might convey that kind of emotional response.

And I think it's something that we need to be increasingly aware of, especially when we're working in any kind of group context. Like when you're working in a team, it is really important to keep the team engaged.

And I think it's something that we need to be increasingly aware of, especially when we're working in any kind of group context. Like when you're working in a team, it is really important to keep the team engaged.

And I think it's something that we need to be increasingly aware of, especially when we're working in any kind of group context. Like when you're working in a team, it is really important to keep the team engaged.

at the level of emotional tone that you feel if you're the leader or even just a member of this team that is committed to it, you want to keep that tone at the most productive level because if it dips below or above, that can sabotage how well you perform. And there's a lot of research on that.